Objective: Cervix cancer is one of the most common gynecological cancer types that cause cancer deathsamong women. This study was planned based on a descriptive method in order to evaluate the results of PAPsmear ...

Onions (Allium cepa L.) are widely used in the food industry for its nutritional and aromatic properties.Our studies showed that ethyl acetate extract of onion (EEO) had potent inhibitory effects on animal fatty acidsynthase ...

Introduction: The nuclear factor κB (NF-κB) is a super family of transcription factors which plays importantroles in development and progression of cancer. The present investigation concerns NF-κB /p65 activity ...

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is contagious with transmissiobn vertically or horizontally by blood productsand body secretions. Over 50% of Iranian carriers contracted the infection prenatally, making this the mostlikely ...

Introduction: Identification of simple and measurable prognostic factors is an important issue in treatmentevaluation of breast cancer. The present study was conducted to evaluate the prognostic role of vascular ...

We investigated the relationships between demographics, lifestyle characteristics, and serum totalprostate specific antigen (PSA) concentration and examined the population-based distribution of total PSAby age among 2,246 ...

Objective: To explore the correlation of human papillomavious (HPV) infection with expression of p53 andproliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) in patients with different ethnicity in Xinjiang, China. ...

Background and Aim: Gastric cancer is the second most common cancer worldwide. In this study the clinicaland histological features of gastric cancer in the cardia and distal stomach were evaluated. Method: ...

The glutathione S-transferases (GSTs) are involved in the metabolism of many xenobiotics, including an arrayof environmental carcinogens, pollutants, and drugs. Genetic polymorphisms in these genes may lead to interindiv ...

Introduction: Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women. Improvements of early diagnosis modalitieshave led to longer survival rates. This study aimed to determine the 5, 10 and 15 year mortality rates ...

The use of chemotherapeutics induces cardiotoxicity and affects immune functions, therefore development ofcombinatorial agents against cardiotoxicity and immunosuppression needs to be explored. Previous studies of thehexane ...

Aims: The study aimed to compare treatment compliance and nutritional outcomes in nasopharyngealcarcinoma (NPC) patients during chemoradiation. Methods: Clinical information of patients with NPC thatunderwent ...

Background: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a common and aggressive malignancy. Despite of theimprovements in its treatment, HCC prognosis remains poor due to its recurrence after resection. This studyprovides ...

Curcumin (CM), a biphenyl compound, possesses anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and antimicrobial activity.MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small noncoding RNAs which regulate gene expression and the molecular mechanismsof several ...

Objective: The smoking prevalence in Malaysia is high, especially among men and adolescents. This studyaimed to determine the prevalence and associated factors towards cigarette smoking among school teachers ...

Background: The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of shisha smoking and associated factorsamong medical students in Malaysia. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted ...

The aim of the study was to investigate the chemopreventive potential of andrographolide in 7,12-dimethylbenz(a)anthracene (DMBA)-induced hamster buccal pouch carcinogenesis. Oral tumors developed in the buccal pouch ...

Aims and Background: Human leukocyte antigen-G and interleukin-2 receptor play pivotal roles in theproliferation of lymphocytes, and thus generation of immune responses. Their overexpression has been evidencedin ...

Purpose: The main objective of the present study was to evaluate the efficacy and toxicity of concurrentchemoradiotherapy followed by adjuvant chemotherapy compared with concurrent chemoradiotherapy alonein the treatment ...

Background: The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is a potential therapeutic target for breast cancer treatment; however, its use does not lead to a marked clinical response. Studies of non-small cell lung ...